{"product_id":"sex-character","title":"Sex \u0026 Character","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when prejudice claims the authority of science and builds a philosophy around it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Sex \u0026amp; Character, Otto Weininger tries to turn a theory of sex into a moral philosophy. His starting claim is that every person mixes male and female elements. From there, he constructs two imagined pure types, M and W, and uses them to judge identity, genius, and ethical life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1903, this work grows out of Weininger's doctoral studies in Vienna. Its arguments are openly sexist and antisemitic, and its claims about women and Jews are false and hateful. Read it as a document of its age: a case study in how prejudice takes the shape of theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe scheme beneath the claims\u003c\/strong\u003e – Trace how Weininger moves from mixed sexual traits to rigid ideals of man and woman.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIdentity reduced to types\u003c\/strong\u003e – Examine the gap between his account of real people and his imagined categories.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenius as a moral ideal\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore why Weininger places genius and ethics within what he calls the male principle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrejudice presented as philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e – Confront the sexist and antisemitic claims that make this a troubling historical document.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVienna and its ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter a thinker whose work offers a case study in the history of discredited ideas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about the history of ideas, Vienna around 1900, or this book's critics—not those seeking guidance on gender today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and examine this troubling chapter in the history of ideas with a critical eye.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534636319068,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00445_en_ebook-front_c03.jpg?v=1792174988","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/sex-character","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}